I think few coaches would not let someone back if the player was valuable. I don’t picture Plough as someone who wouldn’t.
Rhode Island had a player who was a bounceback, not just from the portal but he had enrolled at a FBS school before changing his mind.

I doubt a school can void a scholarship mid term, and certainly not before the player enters the portal. I think the scholarships are contracts. If a player enters the pirtal they don’t need to hold a next year scholarship, but I don’t think they can void current term scholarship. Scholarships are either for a full year, or recently for a half year, i think the half year ones are intended as an option for super seniors.

Rasor is likely transferring because he feels its unlikely that he’ll start. That is consistent with some of the knowledgeable posters on this board who indicate Cleeland is ahead of him. Rasor is looking for a place to play.

Scott Gordon focuses on the losses in the QB room compared to last year. Harper, Pinnick, Rasor, Wrighster. But we still have three three star QBs returning and one coming in from high school. None of the guys going into the portal other than Pinnick have significant playing experience, so retaining them wouldn’t add to the experience in the room. Rasor was injured last year, so he is essentially a redshirt sophomore for the upcoming season. He has offers from Incarnate Word, Southern Utah, Mercyhurst

Mercer reinstated football in 2013, ranked and making the FCS playoffs the last two years.

The green grass was pretty close before team success became even more a function of money due to the revenue sharing and free transfer rules. Expanded scholarships, revenue sharing NIL, and the free movement if players have moved the goal posts as relates to what an FBS program costs.. Now its a significant investment to have an outside shot at earning a shot at the Famous Potato Bowl.

They need to train and play 2 qbs a year. Can’t start every year from scratch as far as playing experience. They should add a qb coach who has played the position. The offensive coordinator can stay as offensive coordinator
They will miss Pinnick more than Vargas. Whether someone is an NFL prospect is not the way to judge a college football player’s impact. Some of the most dominant college football players don’t have significant pro careers. Pinnick was potentially 400 yards of total offense, he was the #1 focus for opponents.

[ We don’t have an older guy on the squad, assuming Rasor is leaving, He was the only upperclassman, in terms of academic year. He probably is only a redshirt sophomore in terms of eligibility.

There will be a lot of non contributors moving from FBS to wherever they can due to the roster size limit, Teams are going to be cutting walk-ons and just have scholarship players on the roster. There can be some wheat among the chaff, like Eli Simonson. Challenge is evaluating someone who hasn’t played.

Pinnick isn’t growing. But how tall is he? Historically and recently the roster has been reasonably accurate with players measurements. A couple of our three star highschool recruits for 2025 shrunk by several inches in coming here. Pinnick is listed at 6’0”, has anyone stood near him or watched him play basketball?

. Another reason we can't read tOo much into no news about someone entering the portal, is that the portal isn't public. So unless the athlete puts the news in social media they can be in the portal unannounced. There are no investigative reporters covering UC Davis.

Shamburger wasn't on last years spring or fall roster. He didn't play against South Dakota in the 2024 playoffs

Except conversations exist outside those authorized by the portal. I assume some players want to know where they are going before burning their bridges.

I’d buy your jersey.

The case has not been decided yet.
Last year, in several courts, players sought preliminary injunctions. The NCAA, seeing they couldn't enforce the rule evenly, suspended it for a year, making the requests for injunctions moot. Now we are at year 2, plaintiffs seeking another, which I'm guessing they'll get. But will the NCAA extend its suspension of rule so that all JC players get another year, not just the ones who are plaintiffs? Eventually the case will be decided. So far, they are just at the stage of establishing the rules pending a decision on the issue in the case.

Now that college sports is a profession, courts look at the NCAA rules through the lens of do they deprive an individual plaintiff's earnings.
The Pavia lawsuit was filed in November 2024. The lawyer for Pavia and a bunch of other plaintiffs just filed a document arguing that allowing a former NBA first round draft pick to enroll as a freshman indicates some hypocrisy in limiting JC players years while not imposing similar limits on pro years.
But the case is not new, it led to this last year's grant of another year if eligibility for JC players who would otherwise have exhausted their eligibility. Davis had a couple of players in that category.

I think the player, James Ninaji, never played in the NBA. He played professionally in Europe
There are dozens if not scores of former european professionals playing NCAA hoops. The courts have recognized the professional status of college sports, the NCAA doesn't have the right to exclude them, and they know they would lose if they tried.

DJ Williams missed most of two seasons, 2022 and 2024 with injury, The waiver he needed was because of the five year rule. He his first season was 2021. He qualified fro a medical redshirt after playing in three games in 2024 and one in 2022.

Now that there is no difference in the number of scholarship between the two divisions what is the advantage of being FBS? The middle initial and the chance to play in a bowl like the Famous Potato Bowl in place of the FCS playoffs?
The minor bowl games are so unimportant that players and coaches opting out of them is routine and not controversial. Washington State had six players opt out of their bowl game due to the transfer portal.

I guess “reportedly” was the wrong word, i was referring to the speculation.